The following primary source texts comprise treatises on music theory and composition, written in the 16th-18th centuries. Most include English translations.
Le nuove musiche, Firenze 1601 ; Nuove musiche e nuova maniera di scriverle, Firenze 1614 ("The New Music", Florence 1601; "New music and new way of writing", Florence 1614) by 
Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music ("Dialogo della musica antica et della moderna") by The following primary source texts comprise treatises on vocal technique written in the 16th-18th centuries. Most include English translations.
Introduction to the Art of Singing ("Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni") by The following primary source texts comprise treatises on keyboard technique and improvisation of bassline accompaniments, written in the 16th-18th centuries. Most include English translations.
Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments ("Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen") by The following primary source texts comprise treatises on instrumental performance techniques, written in the 16th-18th centuries. Most include English translations.
Georg Muffat on Performance Practice: the texts from Florilegium primum, Florilegium secundum, and Auserlesene Instrumentalmusik: a new translation with commentary by 
A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing ("Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule") by 
Fronimo Dialogo by The following primary source texts comprise narrative accounts of music history, written in the 16th-18th centuries. Most include English translations.
The Letters of Dr. Charles Burney, 1751-1784 by 
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